The Recipe to Build a Universe
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The Cry of Tim So That So the Formation of the Elements
Once you go beyond iron, the situation changes. How can you start to build up larger structures? Which essentially is revolving around bringing in more neutrons and capturing them into the nucleus of the particles. So stars could do this if they had some neutrons available. But when it really happens in a dramatic way, you see ad these elements being formed during a supernover explosion. Then you have a flood of neutrons and you have nutrinos rushing through as well. And in those processes, you can build the larger elements, which are absolutely important for us. We're talking about the ingredients of the universe. So how much can we be? We this the planet earth, is
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